Y Clubs, also called delegations, are open to all interested middle and high school students, grades 6-12, whether or not they are members of the YMCA. Clubs are sponsored directly by schools in order for the program to provide opportunities to all interested teens at any location in the state.

Each club serves as a civic leadership opportunity where teens with supportive adult advisors initiate their own approaches to engage peers in community building, civic responsibility, personal and group growth, and service to help build better futures for all. Community building activities done by each club allow participants to work in teams, develop plans of action, test and refine their approaches, build confidence, uncover the rewards involved in making differences for good, and discover their potential as citizen leaders. 

Click here to learn more about starting a Y Club.

Local Y Club Members -

• Organize, manage and lead their own local club;
• Recruit and develop members into a self-governing group;
• Select and support officers, committee chairs and special project leaders;
• Conduct meetings and committee work to make and carry out decisions;
• Establish their unique goals to achieve their defined purpose;
• Identify the kind of school and community they want, create, plan and carry out volunteer-service initiatives to achieve their vision and then reflect on their work to strengthen future actions;
• Learn to think and act entrepreneurially;
• Build school and community civic leadership;
• Participate in away from home leadership conferences to broaden member views of the world, strengthen individual and group skills and involve their club in the growing network of YMCA Clubs across the state working to build better futures for all.